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If N is a submanifold of M, and therefore T(N) is a submanifold of T(M), a nondegenerate g E ffg(M), g > 0, induces a Riemannian structure on N, because g also provides a nondegenerate mapping Yq(N) x Yq(N) ~ IR. The metric gik = Dik on IRm induces the usual metric on sn or Tn c IRn + 1. Since every m-dimensional manifold can be imbedded as a submanifold of 1R 2 m+ 1, it is always possible to find a Riemannian structure for any manifold. 3. 23). Up to a factor, this mapping T(M) x T(M) ~ IR is exactly the metric.

In order to progress from evaluating the derivative at a point to treating it as a function of q, we have to connect the tangent spaces at different points. " Yet within the domain of a single chart one could identify T(U) = UqeU 'Fq(M) with U x ~m, and then extend the mapping E>cCq) to E>c: T(U) --+ ~m X ~m, (q, v) --+ (cI>(q), E>cCq) . v). 10) It is possible to compare tangent vectors within this "tangent bundle" over U. The mapping E>c is plainly a bijection, and T(U) can be topologized so that it becomes a homeomorphism.

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